Example sentences of "must have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced .
2 Mike Gatting presented , and in the pre-match interviews he stressed that it was very , very hot , and I swear Gatt must have lost a stone just standing out in the middle talking about the pitch .
3 ‘ And take something for yourself ; you must have lost a day 's trading to chase after us . ’
4 Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness .
5 I think we must have missed a briefing from
6 He bought all the most fantastic " unrealistic " fiction he could find and afford ; by the rules they must have hidden a clue away in it " somewhere .
7 Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region .
8 They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making .
9 I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’
10 But in Beijing on March 25th , as he plodded through a three-hour speech at the opening session of China 's annual parliament , the National People 's Congress , some at least of the 3,000 delegates must have felt a twinge of sympathy .
11 ‘ She must have liked a book of mine , ’ he said .
12 Lomax must have scored a lung shot , Curtis observed clinically .
13 Although there was no common intention expressed by the parties at Geneva , he deduces their intention from the wording of the Protocol : the opening words of Article 1 of Protocol II , the fact that the rebels must have achieved a degree of organisation before the Protocol can be activated , and Article 6 ( 5 ) of the Protocol all demonstrate an intent to bind both sides to the conflict .
14 I must have destroyed a bomber !
15 To obtain this you must have flown a minimum of 35 hours and there are medical exams and ground exams to be taken .
16 Despite this , the new market must have met a demand as its performance was soon outpacing the FTSE 100 index .
17 But it was solid silver — and the inscription must have cost a bit as well .
18 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud .
19 She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums .
20 The holly , being the sort of holly that is sold on street corners in London at this time of year , must have cost a fortune and it did n't have berries on .
21 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated .
22 I mean the carpet must have cost a fortune !
23 Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool .
24 That must have cost a packet .
25 Must have cost a packet — and it 's not even my birthday . ’
26 She did n't object when we went to eat in a trattoria where the food and wine must have cost a week 's dole .
27 It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ?
28 It must have cost a lot at the start but they
29 But they must have cost a lot
30 Other mechanisms must have played a part and their inclusion could alter the best-fit climate sensitivities significantly and lead to improved values for the explained variance .
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